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Originally Posted by scania
This isn't directed towards you...but does it really matter where the team is located as far as the name? The NY Giants and Jets played in Jeresy for years...the 49ers new stadium will be 40 miles away from San Fran. These are just a few examples. They all kept the name of its major city.
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Actually I agree with you. The sooner we begin to think of "Atlanta" as the greater metro area and not just that little 8% that is the political Atlanta the better. Unfortunately they have not had the wisdom nor power to annex here in Georgia - in reality, most of Fulton, Cobb, Dekalb and parts of Gwinnett should have long become Atlanta City. Laughingly many of the major companies and institutions here (like CDC for example) are not in Atlanta but always claim to be. Whoever heard of the CDC located in unincorporated Dekalb?
The American city municipalities system is quite screwed up. I read years ago that the NYC metro consisted of some 1700 separate municipalities. Probably more now. let's see, that is some 1700 Mayors, Directors of Finance, Fire chiefs, Police Chiefs and dogcatchers. What an incredibly inefficient organization system. I am not opposed to some local and community input, but I don't think you need a mayor for every wide spot in the road.
And they will still be the Atlanta Braves - even if they move to Alpharetta in 20 years.